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WHUMPTOBER 2025: PROMPTS LIST

Welcome to Whumptober 2025 — The Eighth Year!

WHUMPTOBER is a month-long, prompt-based creation CHALLENGE (think: Inktober, but whumpier). There are four prompts for each day of the month, giving 124 for you to play with! There is also a list of 18 alternative prompts that can be subbed in for any day to give participants as much creative freedom as possible.

All prompts are meant to serve as inspiration without being taken literally (e.g. you don’t have to include the exact wording of prompts into your work). Feel free to run rampant on interpretation. For example, if the prompt is “flame", you could create something with reference to a candle/campfire, your character could have suffered a burn, or the flame could be a reference to an ‘old flame’ - an old relationship. It’s truly down to you!

You can produce work in any media you choose, including but not limited to: writing, visual artwork, photo/video/audio edits, paper crafts and elaborate recommendation lists (not just a list of links). You can participate as much or as little as you want (i.e. you don’t have to do ALL the prompts if you don’t want to) and prompts can be used in any order. They are also free to use even after the event ends.

Please make sure to read the Event Info and FAQ carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our Discord server here.

Information on how to TAG is here.

This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.

This year’s playlist can be found here.

The ‘Anatomy of a Whumptober Prompt’ post can be found here.

And our 'Resources for Writing Sensitive Topics’ post is here.

We’re very excited to see the community come together for yet another year of Whumptober! Go ham with the prompts, and support your fellow creators - we wish you all the best of luck, but most importantly: HAVE FUN!

Happy whumping,

Mods Vanne, Yenn, Kitty and Surro

Text versions of the prompts, including a google doc format, are posted below the cut!

A Google Doc of the prompts can be found here for easy copy-and-pasting!

Whumptober 2025 Prompt List

No. 1: “Please don’t cry” Lamb to Slaughter | Ceremony | Beg for Forgiveness

No. 2:  “You’ve got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears.” Prophecy | Sewer | Taking Accountability

No. 3: “I look in people’s windows, transfixed by rose golden glows.” Isolation | Candlelight | Found Family

No. 4: “Don’t be scared, I’ve done this before.” Non-Human Whumper | Iron Rod | Loss of Powers

No. 5: “My panic’s at the ceiling, but I’m face down on the carpet.” Quivering | Dream Journal | Phobia

No. 6: “No grave can hold my body down.” Caught in a Net | Medical Restraints | Pinned to the Wall

No. 7: “Tell me that you’re okay, and I’m fine.” Trapped with the Enemy | Elevator | Pushed Beyond Breaking Point

No. 8: “Oh horror, oh horror, what did you see?” Self-Inflicted Injury | Held at Gunpoint | Dissociation

No. 9: “We’ll make it alright to come undone.” Touch | Flashbacks | Scalding

No. 10: “There’s nothing you can ever say, nothing you can ever do.” Without Consent | Secrets | Lips Sewn Shut

No. 11: “Can you get through all the pain inside you?” Hidden Injury | Laceration | Forced Reveal

No. 12: “It’ll be for nothing.” Cardiac Arrest | Sacred Place | Withholding Medical Treatment

No. 13: “How dull is it to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished.” Never Enough | Insignia | Forced Retirement

No. 14: “In the end, it’s worthwhile.” Ignoring an Illness | Body Bag | Wounded Caretaker

No. 15: “You can take a break, if you just tell me that it hurts.” Failed Rescue Attempt | Body Part in the Mail | Live-Streamed Torture

No. 16: “I’ve had the rug pulled beneath my feet.” Repressed Trauma | Permanent Marker | Disorientation

No. 17: “Tell me there’s a hope for me.” Internal Bleeding | Coma | Redemption

No. 18: “As the world caves in.” Dystopia | Ruins | Environmental Whump

No. 19: “You’re on your own, lost in the wild.” Dehumanisation | Living Weapon | On Patrol

No. 20: "That's New." Symptomatic | Fancy Event | Resignation

No. 21: “Sold my soul, broke my bones.” Kneeling | Makeshift Splint | Brainwashed

No. 22: “All the battles I want to win, nothing matters but giving in.” Self-Sacrifice | Collar | Hunted for Sport

No. 23: “How’d I get to this place?” Intubation | ICU | Choking

No. 24: “I must confess that I feel like a monster.” Came Back Wrong | Painful Transformation | Amnesia

No. 25: “Have you earned your stripes?” Lost Faith | Collision Course | Left to Die

No. 26: “Nothing like a relapse to rehash the kid who was scared.” Relapse | Drawn Curtains | Power Cut

No. 27: “Would you even want me, looking like a zombie?” Surgical Scars | X-Ray | Bedside Vigil

No. 28: “I could always see straight through you.” Backstabbing | Constellation | Creative Restraints

No. 29: “I hope you see the sun someday in the darkness.” Fainting | Broken Dishes | Last one Standing

No. 30:  “I’m putting my trust in an entire half-empty glass.” Burn it Down | Mirror | Confrontation

No. 31: “Even with the smallest cuts. You can still lose so much blood.” Bleeding Out | Gunshot Wound | Rescued by the Enemy

Alternatives List:

"A smile so bright, he’s the devil in disguise.”

“I hear you’re alive, how disappointing.”

“If all my days are numbered, why do I keep counting?” 

Concussion

Viral

Suicide

Immortality

Jealousy

Organ Theft

Ziptie

Deal with the Devil

Yearning

Innocent Bystander

Unreality

Soulless

“Hold my hand.”

“Oh. Oh.”

“I hate this job.”

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Did I daydream this, or was there a website for writers with like. A ridiculous quantity of descriptive aid. Like I remember clicking on " inside a cinema " or something like that. Then, BAM. Here's a list of smell and sounds. I can't remember it for the life of me, but if someone else can, help a bitch out <3

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Stetopher Week 2025

Since the last Stetopher Week has been three years ago and the blog doesn't appear to be active anymore at all, after I inquired about a potential Stetopher Week for this year, I have decided to just host my own!

What? There will be daily prompts posted over the span of a week, two alternate prompts offered each day, in case you don't vibe with one of them.

How? You can fill the prompts however you want! Fanfiction, fanart, GIF sets, edits, meta posts, all are welcome as long as they are about Chris Argent/Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski.

When? I've decided to go with the week of October 20th to October 26th.

Where? If you post here on tumblr and @ this blog, I'll reblog all your entries, but I will also put up an AO3 collection in time.

The Prompts:

Day 1: October 20th

Prompt A: two plus one Examples: A and B are in a relationship and they add(ed) C. Do you want to focus on how C integrated? On how A/B courted them?

Prompt B: v turned o Examples: A/B and B/C were in a polyamorous arrangement and now B and C are also developing feelings for each other. A and C were competing for B's attention in a love triangle and fall for each other in the process

Day 2: October 21st

Prompt A: Spark Examples: Is Stiles a Spark? Are there sparks flying between them? Is this about a potential Alpha spark for Peter?

Prompt B: Hunt Examples: Is the hunter on the hunt? Or the werewolf? Or are they being hunted?

Day 3: October 22nd

Prompt A: Family Examples: How is the sheriff taking his son's middle aged men? What do Malia and Allison think about this? Or maybe our triad are starting their own family together?

Prompt B: Pack Examples: How does the pack react to their relationship? Do they have a pack of their own, or is someone else their Alpha? Or are they in different packs?

Day 4: October 23rd

Prompt A: Eichen House Examples: Is it about Stiles' stay there? About Peter's stay? Are we breaking Peter out? Or are we putting Chris in?

Prompt B: Hospital Examples: Some of my personal favorite Steter and Stargent scenes happened in the hospital, be that Peter and Stiles' first face to face meeting, Chris threatening Stiles in s1, Peter and Stiles working together to save Cora in s3A, Chris and Stiles working together when they fake Scott's death in s4. Or maybe we are just putting one of them into the hospital outside of canon.

Day 5: October 24th

Prompt A: Red Examples: Blood? Alpha eyes? A certain red hoodie?

Prompt B: Blue Examples: Why are Peter's beta eyes blue? Or are we just really into Peter's regular eyes? Or Chris'? Or maybe one of them is feeling blue?

Day 6: October 25th

Prompt A: Weapon Examples: Is there a competence kink here? Chris with a gun? Maybe Stiles with a gun? Peter's claws? Or an unexpected weapon?

Prompt B: Caretaking Examples: "A Takes Care Of B" is an established, filterable tag for 3 out of 6 dynamics for this OT3. Who takes care of whom in this? And how?

Day 7: October 26th

Prompt A: Birthday Examples: Is it finally Stiles' 18th birthday and Chris and Peter have been waiting for it? Are we having some Peter angst about the birthdays he has missed during the coma? Is Chris struggling through Allison's first birthday after her death? Or is it the birthday of their first child together?

Prompt B: Defeating Death Examples: Is it about Peter's resurrection? About how Stiles died in the sacrifice ice bath and came back? Or maybe Chris has some fun stories about defeating death too?

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Writer’s Month Prompt List 2025

As in previous years, we are once again hosting Writer's Month! A month-long daily prompt challenge! Each day, we present you with two different prompts, because we like to give an alternative if someone doesn't vibe with the daily prompt so there is an additional setting prompt. You can choose to write either of them or both, that is entirely up to you! The goal is to have fun and get some writing done.

This even is open for all forms of writing. Original stories, fanfiction, poems, haikus, drabbles or novel lengths. We don't dictate what you write or how you write it; all fandoms and all ships are welcome in our event.

Some important links: Rules (more detailed) | FAQ | AO3 Collection 2025 | Discord Server

chemistry | restaurant

sibling | playground

tattoo | pond

hat | bedroom

heart | book store

book | cabin

loss | home

trial | coffee shop

gold | desert

rope | bonfire

sword | temple

trouble | court house

fame | tailor

tears | camping place

tree | high school

flower | river

death | harbor

rain | emergency room

map | grocery store

abandoned | ranch

soft | garden

burned | parking lot

scar | hotel

knight | labyrinth

warmth | cave

echo | house

nightmare | on the road

free | spa

panic | nature preserve

phone | ice cream parlor

loyal | university

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Informal Formality

Name/Link: Informal Formality

Fandom: HPverse

Individual Challenge(s): Picture This; Moody Moods

Representation(s): Modern Salazar Slytherin/Helga Hufflepuff

Team: n/a

List (Prompt): Flowers (Sharp); Pride (Red); Poster (Shipping War); Pigments (Red); Checkout Basket (Founders Era); Villain Arc (Into the Mist - Eivor)

Space Address (Prompt): Ship 4E (Arranged Marriage); SuB 4C (Vineyard/Winery); AU 1A (What Epilogue?)

Warning(s): n/a

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Longing

Name/Link: Longing

Fandom: Wicked

Individual Challenge(s): Picture This; Moody Moods

Representation(s): Fieyro/Elphaba/Glinda

Team: n/a

List (Prompt): Flowers (Green); Pride (Green); Poster (Any Bingo); Pigments (Green); Villain Arc (Grenadine - Dreadlight)

Space Address (Prompt): Ship 1D (Mistaken for Cheating); SuB 4E (Nick); AU 5E (Fairy Tale)

Warning(s): n/a

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Arts & Shadow

Name/Link: Arts & Shadow

Fandom: Phantom

Individual Challenge(s): Picture This; Moody Moods

Representation(s): Madame Giry/Erik

Team: n/a

List (Prompt): Su WD (Scarred)

List (Prompt): Flowers (Purple); Pride (White); Poster (Scavenger Hunt); Pigments (White); Cleric's Quest (Redemption); Villain Arc (Fire - Kimya Dawson)

Space Address (Prompt): Ship 1C (Bodyguard Crush); SuB 4D (Lobster/Crab); AU 4C (Stage Play)

Warning(s): n/a

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Table for Three

Name/Link: Table for Three

Fandom: HPverse

Individual Challenge(s): Picture This; Moody Moods

Representation(s): Lily Evans Potter/James Potter/Sirius Black; Black Lily; Black James

Team: Thorns

List (Prompt): Flowers (Juicy); Pride (Orange); Cast (Sirius Black); Crew (Zucchini/QPR); Poster (Book Fandom); Pigments (Orange)

Space Address (Prompt): Ship 3A (Interrupted Date); SuB 2C (Gladiolus); AU 2E (Dragon)

Warning(s): n/a

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Caffeinated Floral Stitches

Name/Link: Caffeinated Floral Stitches

Fandom: SPN

Individual Challenge(s): Witch; Watts; Feather Head; Coffee Life; Tossed Chum; Elder Berries; Celestial MC; Nonhuman MC; Neurodivergent; Rian-Russo Inversion; Outer; Traveler; Exchange; Greatest Gift; Outer Limit; Picture This; Moody Moods

Representation(s): Castiel/Dean Winchester; Coffee Shop AU; Stitch & Bitch

Team: Mixtape

List (Prompt): SuMic2 (Fluff; Lemon/Lime); SuMed2 (Coffee; Juice); SuMed1 (Bakery/Cafe)

List (Prompt): Su Set (Coffee Shop/Cafe); Su Con (Coffee; Lemonade); Su Items (Yarn)

List (Prompt): Flowers (Fizzy); Tools (Yarn); Pride (Purple); Poster (SPN); Pigments (Purple); Cast (Dean Winchester)

Space Address (Prompt): Ship 2B (Charity Event); SpB 1C (Breakfast); CM 2B (Jury Duty); SuB 4A (Lemonade); AU 2C (Musical)

Warning(s): n/a

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OH! And if you're reading the fic because of a review challenge of some sort? MENTION THAT and whatever prompts you might be looking for.

We like comments on our fics and we have friends who like comments. And we all tend to read each other's fics and know little things that might not make it into tags.

Proposal for new fandom etiquette:

If you read a fic because it was linked/recced somewhere, you leave a comment saying "came from XXX" and that comment doesn't need to include anything else.

Because when all of a sudden there's a lot of activity on one particular fic I WANNA KNOW WHY!!!!!

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Zoom In, Don’t Glaze Over: How to Describe Appearance Without Losing the Plot

You’ve met her before. The girl with “flowing ebony hair,” “emerald eyes,” and “lips like rose petals.” Or him, with “chiseled jawlines,” “stormy gray eyes,” and “shoulders like a Greek statue.”

We don’t know them.

We’ve just met their tropes.

Describing physical appearance is one of the trickiest — and most overdone — parts of character writing. It’s tempting to reach for shorthand: hair color, eye color, maybe a quick body scan. But if we want a reader to see someone — to feel the charge in the air when they enter a room — we need to stop writing mannequins and start writing people.

So let’s get granular. Here’s how to write physical appearance in a way that’s textured, meaningful, and deeply character-driven.

1. Hair: It’s About Story, Texture, and Care

Hair says a lot — not just about genetics, but about choices. Does your character tame it? Let it run wild? Is it dyed, greying, braided, buzzed, or piled on top of her head in a hurry?

Good hair description considers:

Texture (fine, coiled, wiry, limp, soft)

Context (windblown, sweat-damp, scorched by bleach)

Emotion (does she twist it when nervous? Is he ashamed of losing it?)

Flat: “Her long brown hair framed her face.”

Better: “Her ponytail was too tight, the kind that whispered of control issues and caffeine-fueled 4 a.m. library shifts.”

You don’t need to romanticise it. You need to make it feel real.

2. Eyes: Less Color, More Connection

We get it: her eyes are violet. Cool. But that doesn’t tell us much.

Instead of focusing solely on eye color, think about:

What the eyes do (do they dart, linger, harden?)

What others feel under them (seen, judged, safe?)

The surrounding features (dark circles, crow’s feet, smudged mascara)

Flat: “His piercing blue eyes locked on hers.”

Better: “His gaze was the kind that looked through you — like it had already weighed your worth and moved on.”

You’re not describing a passport photo. You’re describing what it feels like to be seen by them.

3. Facial Features: Use Contrast and Texture

Faces are not symmetrical ovals with random features. They’re full of tension, softness, age, emotion, and life.

Things to look for:

Asymmetry and character (a crooked nose, a scar)

Expression patterns (smiling without the eyes, habitual frowns)

Evidence of lifestyle (laugh lines, sun spots, stress acne)

Flat: “She had a delicate face.”

Better: “There was something unfinished about her face — as if her cheekbones hadn’t quite agreed on where to settle, and her mouth always seemed on the verge of disagreement.”

Let the face be a map of experience.

4. Bodies: Movement > Measurement

Forget dress sizes and six packs. Think about how bodies occupy space. How do they move? What are they hiding or showing? How do they wear their clothes — or how do the clothes wear them?

Ask:

What do others notice first? (a presence, a posture, a sound?)

How does their body express emotion? (do they go rigid, fold inwards, puff up?)

Flat: “He was tall and muscular.”

Better: “He had the kind of height that made ceilings nervous — but he moved like he was trying not to take up too much space.”

Describing someone’s body isn’t about cataloguing. It’s about showing how they exist in the world.

5. Let Emotion Tint the Lens

Who’s doing the describing? A lover? An enemy? A tired narrator? The emotional lens will shape what’s noticed and how it’s described.

In love: The chipped tooth becomes charming.

In rivalry: The smirk becomes smug.

In mourning: The face becomes blurred with memory.

Same person. Different lens. Different description.

6. Specificity is Your Superpower

Generic description = generic character. One well-chosen detail creates intimacy. Let us feel the scratch of their scarf, the clink of her earrings, the smudge of ink on their fingertips.

Examples:

“He had a habit of adjusting his collar when he lied — always clockwise, always twice.”

“Her nail polish was always chipped, but never accidentally.”

Make the reader feel like they’re the only one close enough to notice.

Describing appearance isn’t just about what your character looks like. It’s about what their appearance says — about how they move through the world, how others see them, and how they see themselves.

Zoom in on the details that matter. Skip the clichés. Let each description carry weight, story, and emotion. Because you’re not building paper dolls. You’re building people.

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...I run a bit of a halfway house. Bear with me.

Johnny Five (is alive, not dead; his face just does that when he sleeps deeply; our oldest at 12)

Karen (not cooperating for pictures and will be complaining to the manager about the attempt)

Smoky Robinson (the clawless wonder)

Loki (our only one with an actual breed Siberian Forest/Ragdoll)

Mismatch (born on the Fourth of July! ish)

Bagheera (he is the darkness)

Glitch

This isn't all of the ten we currently have in residence, because I apparently don't have pictures or witty commentary on the others.

req'd by @squidgnz

THIS IS A PET TAX COMMAND, POST YOUR CREACHURES IN THE REBLOGS!!!!

text: creachure

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Three Things Long Hidden

Name/Link: Three Things Long Hidden

Fandom: Teen Wolf

Inspired By: Moon & Star

Individual Challenge(s): Watts (Y); Mutable (Y); Musky Orange; Anti-Puzzle; Red Instead; Not Quite OC; Feather Head; Polygon; Dreamers [x2]; Tossed Chum; Magical MC; Nonhuman MC; Shifter MC; LEO; Military; Hold the Mayo; Ethnic & Present; Neurodivergent; Rian-Russo Inversion; Outer; Traveler; Fuse Box; Picture This (Y); Moody Moods (Y)

Representation(s): Polish & Jewish Claudia Gajos; Polish Noah Stilinski; Wintu Peter Hale; ABO AU; Meet Ugly; Chim Song Prompt

Team: Howling Star; Star Grove

List (Prompt): SuMic2 (Hurt/Comfort)

List (Prompt): Su WD (Trans); Su Set (Woods/Forest); Su Con (Medicine); Su Items (Jewelry); Su Review (Current Season)

List (Prompt): Flowers (Gray); Pride (Gray); Poster (Teen Wolf); Pigments (Gray); Wolf Howl (Water); Tools (Jewelry)

Space Address (Prompt): CM 5C (Jacket/Coat); SuB 1E (Overlook)

Warning(s): n/a

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Library Spice

Name/Link: Library Spice

Fandom: MCU

Inspired by: Library Spice

Individual Challenge(s): Watts (Y); Mutable; Tinker (Y); Anti-Puzzle (Y); Red Instead (Y); Feather Head (Y); Dreamers; Elder Berries; Shifter MC; Magical MC; Nonhuman MC; Student; Professor; Neurodivergent; Rian-Russo Inversion; Liberal Arts; Eating Cake (Y); Exchange; Greatest Gift; Outer Limit; Two Cakes (Y); Picture This (Y); Moody Moods (Y)

Representation(s): Sylvie/Tony Stark; College AU; Chim Song Prompt Team: Iron Rime

List (Prompt): Sp-SW1 (Different First Meeting; Role Reversal); Sp-SW2 (Different First Meeting; Role Reversal)

List (Prompt): Su WD (Atheist); Su Set (School); Su Con (Spicy Ice Cream); Su Items (Ribbon/Cord)

List (Prompt): Pigments (Brown); Poster (MCU); Pride (Brown); Flowers (Blue); Wolf Howl (Lingerie); Pile (School)

Space Address (Prompt): CM 3E (Free); SuB 3E (Fence);

Warning(s): Suggestive

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Cats & Snakes

Name/Link: Cats & Snakes

Fandom: HPverse

Individual Challenge(s): Clever; Paint Splatter; Musky Orange (Y); Not Quite OC; Feather Head; Dreamers [x2]; Magical MC [x2]; Rian-Russo Inversion [x2]; Ethnic & Present; Hold the Mayo; Neurodivergent; Growers; Outer; Fuse Box; Exchange; Outer Limit; Picture This; Moody Moods

Representation(s): Tracey Davis/Daphne Greengrass; Song Prompt; Daemon AU

Team: Emeralds

RAVEN: A&B [59](Petting an Animal); CT&E [6](Beautiful); Colors [33](Ginger); Items [70](Plant Pot); Set [86](Sunny)

List (Prompt): Ship [SpMed1 (Different First Meeting; Fairy Tale/Myth Retold; Puppy Love); SpMic2 (Fusion/Crossover); SuMic2 (Fusion/Crossover)] Hunt [Su WD (Black); Su Set (Tense); Su Items (Hat)] | Garden [Flowers (Black); Pride (Black); Poster (HPverse); Pigments (Black); Checkout Basket (Sapphic Ship); Villain Arc (Call Down the Dragon - Lilith Max)]

Space Address (Prompt): Ship 1E (Accidental Marriage); TrB 1D (Accidental Marriage); SuB 1A (Dragon); AU 4B (Ghost/Spirit)

Warning(s): Snake

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“I want you to do this with me for one month. One month. Write 10 observations a week and by the end of four weeks, you will have an answer. Because when someone writes about the rustic gutter and the water pouring through it onto the muddy grass, the real pours into the room. And it’s thrilling. We’re all enlivened by it. We don’t have to find more than the rustic gutter and the muddy grass and the pouring cold water.”

— Marie Howe, Boston University’s 2016 Theopoetics Conference  (via mothersofmyheart)

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I kind of suck at tagging, so I made this infographic to help make it easier.